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August 24, 2009

TCA Business Meeting

TCA's annual business meeting will be held Sunday, Sept 6 at 10am in the Centreport Ballroom at the Southwest Open tournament site. The meeting is open to the public. If you're planning to attend, please read the motions that have been filed for consideration. You can also read the minutes from last year's meeting.

August 7, 2009

Time to register for the Southwest Open!

Just 4 weeks until the start of the Southwest Open! In recent years this tournament has established itself as the strongest event held in Texas. Last year's field included 2 GMs, 5 IMs, 1 FM, and 11 NMs. And this year's lineup could be even stronger, thanks to a $10,000 guaranteed prize fund.

Come help us celebrate the 75th anniversary of the longest-running tournament in Texas.

July 20, 2009

IM Daniel Fernandez wins State Championship



Congratulations to IM Daniel Fernandez, winner of the 2009 Texas State Championship, held Memorial Day weekend in San Antonio. Daniel scored 6-1, a half-point ahead of NM Kalin Nonchev. In the Amateur section Paul Haney scored 6.5-0.5, winning first place by a full point.

The Dallas Chess Club organizers did a great job running the event, but the 113-player turnout was disappointing. In fact, a search of the USCF tournament database reveals that this was a record low turnout for a Texas State Championship. (The database only goes back to 1992.) Unfortunately, this seems to be a trend, as we've now seen below-average turnouts for 5 consecutive years. (An average of 129 for 2005-2009 versus 153 for 1992-2004, or almost a 20% difference.)

Part of the problem is that many Texas players now prefer to play in the Chicago Open, which is held the same weekend and offers a much larger ($100,000 guaranteed) prize fund. This year, 14 Texas players opted to play in Chicago, including 12-time Texas State champion IM Joe Bradford, FM Michael Langer, and FM Darwin Yang.

Another problem is that many schools hold their graduation ceremonies over Memorial Day weekend. And many of our top players are UTD students who return home (out of state) when the Spring semester ends. One possible solution, proposed by Luis Salinas, would be to swap the dates of the Southwest Open and State Championship.

What do you think? If you have ideas for how to attract more players to the State Championship, please send them to texaschess@gmail.com

May 22, 2009

State Championship this weekend

The 64th Texas State Championship takes place this weekend in San Antonio. Good luck to all the participants!

March 15, 2009

TCA Scholastic Meeting

A recent issue of Texas Knights magazine published the wrong time and location for the upcoming TCA Scholastic meeting.

The meeting is Saturday March 21, 7:30pm at the McAllen Convention Center.

February 24, 2009

2009 Texas State & Amateur Championship

Start making your plans for Memorial Day weekend (May 22-25) in San Antonio! More details on the the State Championship page on the Dallas Chess Club's website.

Texas State and Amateur Championship 7SS, Marriott San Antonio Riverwalk, 889 East Market Street, San Antonio TX 78205 $$8350 b/175, full entries 75% Guaranteed, 2 Sections and scholastic side events: Championship (Open to players with USCF or Fide ratings of 2000 or greater and last year's Amateur Champion. This section is Fide rated but uses USCF rules.) Rds 1-3 G/90 with 30 sec increment, rds 4-7 G/120 with 30 sec increment: $$1000-500-250, U2400 $500, X $700-300. Amateur: U2000 & unrated. Rds 1-7 30/90 Sd/1, rd 1 of 3 day is G/120 (deduct 5 min. for delay). $$800-400-200. B $$600-300-150, C 500-250-125, U1400 $500-250-125, U1200 $400, U1000 $300 Unrated $200. Both: TCA membership required. Other States Accepted. EF: $74 if received by 5/15, $85 at site. $65 Junior(U19) if received by 5/15 else $77 (juniors count as 90% toward base), Senior (over 65)/Handicapped/ additional family participant $45 if receive by 5/15 else $60 (Senior /Handicap/ Additional family participant counts 60% toward base). Add $5 for CC phone entries; pre-reg requires pre-paymt. After 5/20/09 all registration and changes on site only; all changes including withdrawals, $10 after 5/20/09. 4 day: Reg Friday 5/22, 6:15pm-7:15. Rds Fri: 7:45, Sat: 2:30pm-8:00, Sun: 10am-4:00, Mon: 9am-2:30. 3 day: Reg Sat 5/23 9-9:30 am, Rd 1 at 10 am then merge with 4 day. Foreign Unrated must play in Championship section. Registrations that do not indicate 4 or 3 day schedule will be put in the 3 day. HR: $105/105/105/105. 800-228-9290 reserve by 5/1 (or rate may go up) and ask for SA Chess Tournament rate. Note that this hotel has no free parking. Up to two ½ pt byes available if requested before rd 2, but byes for both rd 6 AND 7 is not permitted. K-12 Scholastic on Saturday, 5/23. 5-SS, Rds 1-3 G/30, rds 4-5 G/45, EF: $28 by 5/15, $40 after; CC phone entries add $5. Pre-reg. requires pre-paymt. After 5/20/09 all registration and changes on site only; all changes $10 after 5/20/09. No refunds after 5/21/09, $10 handling fee for refunds before 5/21/09. Entries do not count toward base in Championship and Amateur. Registration 8:15-8:45 am, Rd 1 at 9:30 am, rest ASAP with small lunch break. Sections: K-12 Championship and K-12 U750. Prizes: Trophies to Top 12 individuals, 5 teams in each section. K-12 U750 also top 3 unrateds. Medals to plus scores who do not win a trophy. Ent: Dallas Chess Club, c/o Barbara Swafford, 2709 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX 76036. Info: Barb Swafford, 214-632-9000, info@dallaschess.com www.dallaschess.com NS. NC. W. FIDE

February 16, 2009

Two-way tie for first at Texas Team Championship

This year's Texas Team Championship produced a strong turnout, with 14 teams representing 6 Texas cities. Two teams from San Antonio and Austin shared the first prize after battling to a draw in a tense, final-round match. See the San Antonio Chess Club website for a detailed recap.

January 31, 2009

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January 10, 2009

2009 Houston Absolute Championship

The Houston Chess Club is hosting the 2009 Houston Absolute Championship on March 14-15. This would make a great warm up event for those of you who are playing in the Texas Scholastic Championship the following weekend.

December 19, 2008

2009 Texas Team Championship

Jan 31 - Feb 1, 2009: Texas Team Championship. 4-SS, 30/90. SD/60. John E. Hornbeak Bldg. 3rd floor, 4450 Medical Dr., San Antonio, TX. Open to four-player teams avg. U2200 based on Dec. 2008 rating list. One alternate allowed, must be lowest rated. EF: $100/team if rec'd by 1/29, $125 site. TCA memb. required ($10 reg., $7.50 jr. U19, $1 jr. tmt.), o.s.a. $$($1,000 b/12 teams): $450 + T, $250, U1900 team $200 + T, $100. Reg. 11 a.m.-noon, Rds. 12:30-6, 9:30-3. Ent: SACC, POB 501, Helotes, TX 78023; 210-695-2324; schachlied@yahoo.com. NS. NC. W.

The San Antonio Chess Club website has a list of players seeking teams.
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